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Rob Breakenridge

Corus lays off long-time 770 CHQR host

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

7 hours ago

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Queen Vic out, a buffalo in at Manitoba Legislature

Christopher Oldcorn

Christopher Oldcorn

Christopher Oldcorn

7 hours ago

1 min read

U.K. and U.S. cruise missiles strike inside Russia

7 hours ago

2 min read

WATCH: Trudeau makes up words again

Jen Hodgson

Jen Hodgson

8 hours ago

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Writer Lynne Cohen explains the Crown's 'sneaky trick' to make Tamara Lich into a conspiracy

COHEN: They're out to get Tamara Lich

Western Standard Guest Columnist

Western Standard Guest Columnist

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

4 min read

The Crown has a 'sneaky trick' to make her a co-conspirator in a crime she did not commit... verdict expected next Tuesday

Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee

Edmonton police chief McFee announces retirement

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

7 hours ago

2 min read

Fraught with fraud allegations, Boissonnault resigns from cabinet

Jen Hodgson

Jen Hodgson

10 hours ago

2 min read

UPDATED: Alberta government appoints Harper as new AIMCo Board chair

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

11 hours ago

3 min read

HANNAFORD: Latest Toronto shootout confirms illegal guns are the problem

Nigel Hannaford

Nigel Hannaford

Nigel Hannaford

9 hours ago

3 min read

THOMAS: Calgary police aim for new firearms facility, but it’s much more than that

Myke Thomas

Myke Thomas

10 hours ago

4 min read

WATCH: Poilievre and Trudeau finally agree on something — the need for carbon tax election

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

12 hours ago

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News

Ballistic missile launch.

U.K. and U.S. cruise missiles strike inside Russia

7 hours ago

2 min read

Trump issues dire warning

Conservative Party of BC unveils shadow cabinet

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

7 hours ago

1 min read

Queen Vic out, a buffalo in at Manitoba Legislature

Christopher Oldcorn

Christopher Oldcorn

Christopher Oldcorn

7 hours ago

1 min read

Edmonton police chief McFee announces retirement

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

Western Standard News Services

7 hours ago

2 min read

An Alberta driver's licence

Alberta government looking at changes to driver’s licences, ID cards

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

6 hours ago

1 min read

Mike Ellis

Ellis fires back at Nenshi wanting Smith to fire Calgary cabinet minister to get seat

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

Jonathan Bradley

6 hours ago

1 min read

Opinion

Minister-Chief Two-Spirits White Powder

Minister-Chief Two-Spirits White Powder

Derek Fildebrandt

3 hours ago

1 min read

Writer Lynne Cohen explains the Crown's 'sneaky trick' to make Tamara Lich into a conspiracy

COHEN: They're out to get Tamara Lich

Western Standard Guest Columnist

7 hours ago

4 min read

Police have confirmed that none of the guns fired in last week's Toronto shooting had ever been legally held in Canada. (All were smuggled in from the US.) At least 100 shots were fired, and 23 people were arrested. So much for the Liberal government's attempt to fight handgun crime in Toronto by confiscating long guns in the rest of Canada...

HANNAFORD: Latest Toronto shootout confirms illegal guns are the problem

Nigel Hannaford

9 hours ago

3 min read

Don’t succumb to Trump Derangement Syndrome

Don’t succumb to Trump Derangement Syndrome

10 hours ago

1 min read

Shawn Corbett, Calgary Police Commission and Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld address city council

THOMAS: Calgary police aim for new firearms facility, but it’s much more than that

10 hours ago

4 min read

After decades of balanced budgets, British Columbia's indebtedness has increased sharply over the last four years and now threatens its credit rating. Writer Paul Forseth points out that BC is not alone: Citing a Fraser Institute study, he points out that combined federal and provincial government debt in seven provinces has surpassed the value of all goods and services produced in those provinces — a dangerous development. Above, in a stunt earlier this year, Carson Binda, B.C. director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, parks the CTF's Debt Clock truck outside Premier David Eby's Vancouver-Point Grey constituency office to drive home the point.

FORSETH: Blessed are Canada's young, for they shall inherit the national debt

13 hours ago

2 min read

WATCH: Even the Aussies get it — Canadians are sick of Trudeau

WATCH: Even the Aussies get it — Canadians are sick of Trudeau

Western Standard News Services

16 hours ago

1 min read

‘Safe supply’ advocates demonstrate in Vancouver. Writer Liam Hunt investigates the relationships between (legitimate) drug producers and the bureaucracy overseeing the use of the drugs themselves

HUNT: “The province ordered us to destroy our data — I objected!”

Western Standard Guest Columnist

18 hours ago

4 min read

Watch

Minister-Chief Two-Spirits White Powder

Minister-Chief Two-Spirits White Powder

Derek Fildebrandt

3 hours ago

1 min read

Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre

WATCH: Question Period — 'Axe the tax' vs 'Axe the facts'

8 hours ago

1 min read

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

WATCH: Trudeau makes up words again

8 hours ago

1 min read

Prime Minister Justin , Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre

WATCH: Trudeau claims Canadians were begging for heightened immigration during pandemic

9 hours ago

1 min read

Business

Rob Breakenridge

Corus lays off long-time 770 CHQR host

Jonathan Bradley

7 hours ago

2 min read

Stephen Harper

UPDATED: Alberta government appoints Harper as new AIMCo Board chair

Jonathan Bradley

11 hours ago

3 min read

Embattled Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre) is again making headlines.

Edmonton police investigating Boissonnault’s former company for fraud

13 hours ago

3 min read

West Ellis site

Sunshine Oilsands ordered to suspend operations over compliance failures

Western Standard News Services

19 Nov 2024

1 min read

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, embattled Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault

Trudeau says Randy is just dandy

19 Nov 2024

2 min read

Features

Birds eye view of Grassy Moutain in the Crowsnest Pass.

McKILLOP: Oil, gas, and steelmaking coal: A foundation for economic resilience

Western Standard News Services

18 Nov 2024

2 min read

large-scale industrial wind farm.

The backbone of green energy: Why steel is essential for renewables

Western Standard News Services

13 Nov 2024

3 min read

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